el
masculine
/θintuˈɾon/
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Translation
belt
Word origin
From cintura ('waist'), from Latin cinctura, from cingere ('to gird, to encircle'), which also gives English 'cincture' and 'precinct'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- cinctura
- English cognates
- cincture, precinct
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralcinturones
Examples
Ponte .
Put on your seatbelt before setting off.
cuero combina .
This leather belt goes with the shoes.
¿ algún ?
Have you seen my black belt anywhere?
.
The belt is a little too big for me now.
: adelgazado.
He tightened his belt one more hole: he had lost weight.
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